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news
Anatomy of a Shooting
The circumstances around Jessie Lee Owens' shooting were anything but clear-cut
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Donkeys Kick Back
Doggett picks up a surprisingly easy victory in his new district
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Tweaking the Elephant's Booty
The TRMPAC lawsuit rumbles into Travis Co. court
BY MICHAEL KING
Hospital District Campaign Ready to Roll
Backers and opponents gear up for a May 15 vote on a Travis Co. health care taxing district
BY AMY SMITH
Naked City
Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Good Enough for Your Kid
The Lege considers the cost of an "adequate" public school education
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin @ Large: Oversight, Out of Mind
As the city and police union move forward, what's being left behind?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
The Hightower Report
A mad Mad Cow policy; and DARPA just won't die
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Right Place, Right Time
Four of Austin's most reliable downtown restaurants keep on pleasing
Food-o-File
It's time for the Star of Texas Fair & Rodeo, and all of the victuals that come with it
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Second Helpings: Vegetarian
music
SXSW MUSIC
Get Me Back to Austin
Five reasons to the celebrate the 2003-04 Austin Music Awards
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW Picks & Sleepers
Blurbing SXSW 04 music – Wednesday only
Ferocious Joy
SXSW Film wants its MTV, or at least its music films – Austin and otherwise
BY DARCIE STEVENS
TCB
Will Wynn has it in for AMN, as does the Austin Hotel &
Lodging Association
BY CHRISTOPHER GRAY
SXSW MUSIC
SXSW Records
British Sea Power
The Decline of British Sea Power
the Gay
You Know the Rules
Adult Rodeo
Tough Titty
Choking Ahogo
Radars and Maps
screens
Once Upon a Time in Austin
The films, the filmmakers, the crews, the making of a scene
BY LOUIS BLACK
Value Appreciation
The Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards enters its fourth year
BY MARGARET MOSER
SXSW FILM
The Rove M.O.
If you read this story, your career could be over by the end of the day: Michael Paradies Shoob examines 'Bush's Brain'
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Trail Mix
Paul Stekler on 'Last Man Standing' and the 10 essential ingredients of political documentary
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
The Passion of the Journalist
Jonathan Demme on 'The Agronomist," his tribute to Haiti's bravest, loudest voice for democracy
BY SHAWN BADGLEY
Next Departure
With 'Jersey Girl,' Kevin Smith swaps out Jay and Silent Bob for a 7-year-old, all while 'The Green Hornet' looms
BY MARC SAVLOV
Screening Calls
What to see and when and where to see it at SXSW Film 04
SXSW FILM
After the Demons
Luciana Pedraza's 'The Portrait of Billy Joe' is more than a story of a 64-year-old songwriter
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Alamo on Its Way South
Downtown theatre will move in seven months
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW FILM
Short Cuts
SXSW Film 04 is here. Where are you?
BY MARC SAVLOV
TV Eye
Friday night is a terrible night to launch a new series
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Frankie Muniz, playing the star agent of the CIA's kiddie corps, saves the day in London.
The Book of Mormon Movie, Volume 1: The Journey
The leaden acting, tablecloth wardrobe, and Sixties-era Star Trek set design are more likely to leave nonbelievers stupefied than awestruck.
Latter Days
A West Hollywood party boy and a Mormon missionary find love and understanding.
Secret Window
Even the powerful combination of Johnny Depp and John Turturro can't save this Stephen King film adapatation.
Spartan
This crackling good David Mamet movie starring Val Kilmer is one if the writer-director's best efforts.
The Statement
The pace of this political thriller about a Nazi collaborator on the run for four decades (Michael Caine) is as listless as the justice system that pursued him.
SXSW Film Festival 2004
Go. Watch. Mingle. Enjoy. For complete schedule see www.sxsw.com.
arts & culture
Requiem for a Sane Man
Exalting comic maverick Bill Hicks on the 10th anniversary of his passing
BY STEVE BIRMINGHAM
Feedback of a Different Kind
At last week's arts funding forum, artists gave city officials an earful – but not what they expected
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Lights! Camera! Pedestrian!
This month Luke Savisky and Arthouse give a little nod to Austin history with a cinematic installation that involves showing film in and on Arthouse's home space at 700 Congress
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Articulations
The Blanton Museum of Art adds another Old Master to
its collection, Cinqué Hicks adds Electric Skin to
the Web, and Jay McMahan has his art added to the
Muscular Dystrophy Association's Art Collection
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Dark Goddess 2004
Director Bonnie Cullum makes a point of pulling you out of the modern world for Dark Goddess 2004 so you might be more receptive to its mythic message of the power of transformation
Rhythm of a Life
Tapestry Dance Company's Rhythm of a Life pulsed with a vigor and intensity that seemed to arise from new, deeply personal connections to dance and to life
Sueño
While the UT Department of Theatre & Dance's production of Sueño has an eye for the visual, the perfunctory sound design and strained emotionalizing by the actors leave it less than dreamy
columns
Page Two
There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin
BY LOUIS BLACK
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Jermaine Jackson's son's name is Jermajesty.
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
After a Fashion
Stephen goes shopping with a friend to get ready for all the big to-do’s on the social horizon. Hide your credit cards.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
To Your Health
Dealing with Crohn's disease
BY JAMES HEFFLEY, PH.D.
About AIDS
A new study published in Biological Psychiatry
suggests that shyness may not be good for HIV-positive
people
BY SANDY BARTLETT
Day Trips
Capt. Day Trips drops the 411 on Round Top, Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc Recommends: SXSW Film Festival screening of Super Size Me
Paramount Theatre, Saturday, March 13, 2004
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
Gunners rise, Reds fall: report from the Champion's
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